"I will be there," he promised his friend, following her gaze to the lighthouse and nodding approval of the choice of day. Though it wouldn't involve a personal request from him he never failed to appear at the Shrine without something to pay tribute to his goddess. He wouldn't need to go to the lengths that Ray might want to, but that didn't mean he'd show up empty-handed, either. LongNight would provide ample time to pursue his former craft and make a worthy offering, he hoped.
"May your clinic have a calm LongNight," he added, his smile still hovering at the corners of his mouth as he inclined his head to her. Torchline might not have the monster problems that plagued other regions, but monster headaches were still a serious issue during the DarkTide parties, and drunk people did some impressively foolish things that sometimes required stitches.
They spoke a while longer about smaller things; their lives and work, friends and families, and the preparations each were making for the upcoming week of darkness. Soon enough the burdens of leadership would fall upon Ray but for now, at least, they could both enjoy what they had in the moment.
The future would tend to itself.
~Fin~
"May your clinic have a calm LongNight," he added, his smile still hovering at the corners of his mouth as he inclined his head to her. Torchline might not have the monster problems that plagued other regions, but monster headaches were still a serious issue during the DarkTide parties, and drunk people did some impressively foolish things that sometimes required stitches.
They spoke a while longer about smaller things; their lives and work, friends and families, and the preparations each were making for the upcoming week of darkness. Soon enough the burdens of leadership would fall upon Ray but for now, at least, they could both enjoy what they had in the moment.
The future would tend to itself.
~Fin~
